Dear Colleagues,

We have heard from a number of you that you are interested in submitting a proposal but need a couple of more weeks.

So, we are writing to advise you that the deadline for submitting proposals for this “special issue” of DW/R on “teaching academic writing in Canada” has been extended for two weeks. 

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Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to invite you to contribute to a special issue of Discourse & Writing / Rédactologie focused on teaching academic writing in Canada.

Full details are in the attached document.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best,

Tyler, Sarah, and Oguzhan

Tyler Evans-Tokaryk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Associate Director, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
University of Toronto Mississauga 

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Hello, Members of CASLL,

We are inviting applications for an Assistant Professor, Tenure Stream -- Indigenous Epistemologies and Writing Studies. Details are at https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississauga-Assistant-Professor-Indigenous-Epistemologies-and-Writing-Studies-ON/566094717/ and applications are due February 16, 2022. The Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto Mississauga was established in July 2020 to promote the study of university pedagogy, especially the experiences of undergraduate students, through collaborative research, instruction, training, scholarship, and assessment. The successful applicant will join a fast-growing group of faculty with a deep commitment to improving the learning experience of all students and will help to shape the future 

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Hello, Members of CASLL,

Established in July 2020 to promote the study of university pedagogy, especially the experiences of undergraduate students, through collaborative research, instruction, training, scholarship, and assessment, the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto Mississauga has 18 faculty members and continues to grow. In 2022/23, we are conducting three searches: 

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Members of CASLL,

Please help spread the word about two positions at UTM's Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP).

ISUP was established in July 2020 to promote the study of university pedagogy, especially the experiences of
undergraduate students, through collaborative research, instruction, training, scholarship, and assessment. It builds
on the success of the UTM Teaching and Learning Collaboration (TLC) and the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
(RGASC), and is home to the new Foundational Writing Skills Initiatives and other writing programs previously
administered by the RGASC. 

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This position is posted to CASLL-L at the request of Dr. Rebecca
Carruthers Den Hoed from UBC:

*Assistant Professors, Writing Studies (tenure track) – School of
Journalism, Writing, and Media*

The School of Journalism, Writing, and Media in the Faculty of Arts at
the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, invites applications for
*two f**ull-time, tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant
Professor*, with the possibility that an exceptional candidate be
appointed at the rank of Associate Professor, beginning *July 1, 2021*. 

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Members of CASLL,

Please help spread the word about several positions at UTM’s new Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP). ISUP was established in July 2020 to promote the study of university pedagogy, especially the experiences of undergraduate students, through collaborative research, instruction, training, scholarship, and assessment. It builds on the success of the UTM Teaching and Learning Collaboration (TLC) and the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC), and is home to the new Foundational Writing Skills Initiative and other writing programs previously administered by the RGASC. Foundational Numeracy Skills courses are being developed. ISUP currently has nine 

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A deeper understanding of writing: A reflection on advocacy, by Stephanie Bell
Guest editor: Holly Salmon

How do you describe the role of writing centres in higher education? I find that my efforts to articulate a narrative that moves beyond descriptions of programming and pedagogy are centred on advocacy and education about the nature of writing. What is good writing? This question has high stakes for higher education, and writing specialists located in writing centres have the expertise required to shape the answer. 

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Dear writing centre colleagues,

Please share widely

We are inviting you to complete a brief survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqzzI06CegytV4Jy20sM2hezNLMqEzFSB-RaJsc_nsCK-gGA/viewform?usp=sf_link> that will help us capture our community’s responses to the occurrence of digital writing projects (blogs, presentations, wikis, podcasts, videos, etc.) across higher education. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes of your time.

Research in the US suggests that despite the increasing regularity of digital assignments across higher education, students reserve writing centre visits for traditional academic writing projects. We are wondering how similar the Canadian scene is, and whether the policies, programming, and pedagogy of Canadian centres have been modified or are 

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Dear CASLL Members,

Please see below for a job posting that may be of interest.

Associate Professor - Writing Studies in Higher Education - 2000090

Job Field: Tenure Stream
Faculty / Division: University of Toronto Mississauga
Department: UTM: Office of the Dean
Campus: Mississauga
Job Posting: Feb 6, 2020
Job Closing: Apr 6, 2020, 11:59pm EST

APPLY ONLINE: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=2000090&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FToronto 

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Call for Proposals<https://cwcaaccr.com/>
Submissions accepted until January 20, 2020

CWCA/ACCR conference 2020,
May 28-29th, 2020
London, Ontario.

Dear Colleagues,

OCAD University (OCAD U) is currently seeking an English Language Learning Specialist to develop and deliver curricular and co-curricular language learning programs and resources, deliver research-driven faculty professional learning, and work directly with ELL students. This role is part of a team of staff delivering non-credit, co-curricular and curricular English Language Learning programs at OCAD University, in collaboration with the Faculties and academic support units, and as guided by OCAD U’s English Language Learning (ELL) Program Development Strategy<https://www.ocadu.ca/Assets/content/teaching-learning/WLC/ELL+Undergraduate+Program+Development+at+OCAD+University.pdf>. 

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Dear CASLL members,

Please see below for a job posting that may be of interest.

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Writing Studies - 1904512

Job Field: Teaching Stream
Faculty / Division: University of Toronto Mississauga
Department: UTM: Office of the Dean
Campus: Mississauga
Job Posting: Oct 16, 2019
Job Closing: Dec 10, 2019, 11:59pm EST

[Apply Online]
To apply online, go to: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1904512&tz=GMT-04%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York 

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Probably some inkshedders will have heard this sad news, but just in case: I'm passing on a letter Judy Segal wrote to the department at UBC, hoping that's okay with Judy. I think it says something about Nan that all of us who knew her will find moving. Nan was an original Inkshedder, and someone who remains for me as vivid, and important, as anyone I've ever known. 

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Academic Writing and English Language Learners<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-conference> (AWELL) conference, 2019 | Saint Mary’s University, Halifax
DATE CHANGE >> Now Oct 25th and 26th, 2019 <<

Due to scheduling, Dr Canagarajah availability is now Oct. 25th and 26th. As a result, we have decided to change the date of the conference to accommodate his keynote presentation and workshop. 

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3rd Academic Writing and English Language Learners Conference
November 1 and 2, 2019
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS

Register<https://events.eply.com/AWELL2019> || Call for Proposals<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-cfp>

The conference for Academic Writing and English Language Learners (AWELL)<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-conference> is a two-day conference designed for faculty, instructors, and writing centre professionals who teach and tutor ELL students. The goal of the conference is to provide tools and approaches that may be used directly in classrooms and tutoring sessions. 

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Apologies for corss-posting…

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3rd Academic Writing and English Language Learners Conference
November 1 and 2, 2019
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS

Register<https://events.eply.com/AWELL2019> || Call for Proposals<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-cfp>

We are pleased to announce<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-conference> the keynotes for our conference:
Suresh Canagarajah and Stephanie Bell
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Suresh Canagarajah,
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies
Dr. Canagarajah, named as one of the top 50 scholars who have shaped the field of TESOL by TESOL International, is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor in the Departments of Applied Linguistics and English at Pennsylvania State University, as well as the Director of 

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Please find attached a posting for a tenure-track position in the area of literacy education. And please circulate the notice widely.

Apologies for cross-posting.

Thanks.

Anthony Paré
Faculty of Education
Department of Language & Literacy Education
The University of British Columbia

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3rd Academic Writing and English Language Learners Conference

November 1 & 2, 2019 | Saint Mary’s University, Halifax | CALL FOR PROPOSALS<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-cfp>
The conference for Academic Writing and English Language Learners (AWELL)<https://smustudio.squarespace.com/awell-conference> is a two-day conference designed for faculty, instructors, and writing centre professionals who teach and tutor ELL students. The goal of the conference is to provide tools and approaches in a workshop format that may be used directly in classrooms and tutoring sessions. 

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UBC Vantage College published a job posting on Vantage website for an ASRW Lecturer position teaching writing studies courses with the Vantage One Arts program (https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/careers).

The contract is for one year and the position is renewable.

Please circulate it through any relevant listserves and send to suitable candidates.

All the best,
Katja Thieme 

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Hi All:

I'm a member of CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children's Authors,
Illustrators and Performers) and am wondering how many approach
English language learning through including Patois or Spanglish as
Indigenous Languages and how many include Indigenous literature as
sociology, anthropology, media or alternate ways of knowing or how
many might invite a storyteller in person or by Skype to their
teaching venues. I'm also Arawak descended so that I focused on
writing over 10 curriculum units on phrases in the language. 

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Hi all,

Please find an online ESL teaching opportunity below. This is how I supplement my income. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Title: English Second Language (ESL) Teacher

Position Type: Full Time or Part Time

Overview:

Founded in 2013, VIPKid is an online platform that lets you teach English part-time or full-time to students in China, from wherever you are. Join the VIPKID family of 60,000+ ESL Work-From-Home Teachers in the US and Canada. VIPKID has a student base of 500,000+ students. 

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Submission of proposals for paper presentations and posters are invitedd for MULTILITERACIES AND DIVERSITY IN TODAY’S HIGHER EDUCATION: <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeve5dlUZzLubAMBMoivMOX6BOD7mObtxZdykL-pzgOHRhmbA/viewform> Students, teachers, disciplines, and genres,
part of the X International Simposium on Discourse Genre Studies (SIGET),<https://xsiget.webnode.com>

Symposium conveners: Vera Lúcia Lopes Cristovão (UEL/CNPq) and Natasha Artemeva (Carleton University)

A discussion of differences and similarities in Academic Literacies (ACLITS) and North American approaches to academic research and pedagogy, which, among other issues, addressed the treatment of genre in these approaches, started at SIGET IV (RUSSELL et al., 2009). While many differences between the approaches have been noted, there are some important similarities 

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Dear friends,

As some of you may know, Carl Leggo, whose last email about Inkshed is below, passed away last Thursday, March 7. Carl was diagnosed with cancer last summer, and had been through a variety of treatments over many months. His final weeks were spent pain-free in palliative care surrounded by family. Throughout, he was joyful, serene, even beatific. Those who knew him will grieve him terribly, but we can take strength from the peace he clearly felt right to the end. 

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Dear all,
Please see the attached for information on a 2-year WIT/WAC job in Arts & Science a U of Toronto.
Best,
Andrea

Dear colleagues,

The Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto is currently searching for an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Writing Instruction. This is a 2-year Contractually-Limited Term Appointment (CLTA). 

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Please circulate!

Deadline February 28, 2019.

https://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php?fbclid=IwAR1KZOHhggcCm2TpMp6ejRXfz1cOXT-upIVDtYAQI-e6ZeJUt0ejHbS7jC0

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Apologies for cross-posting

Natasha
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Professor Natasha Artemeva
School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, K1S5B6

I thought I should write and let Inkshedders know that Jim Reither died a week ago. He'd been ill for some years, so the death was not unexpected. He had been out of touch with most Inkshedders since his early retirement in the mid-nineties. He'd been living in Albuquerque for decades. 

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CASDW is looking forward to CWCA's conference, and invites your participation in our conference as well. Dana Landry, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Communications University of the Fraser Valley 604-504-7441 ext. 4229 [log in to unmask] ________________________________________ From: casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning (Inkshed) [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Provost, MC Lois [[log in to unmask]] Sent: January 9, 2019 11:23 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: FINAL CALL >> CfP Canadian Writing Centre Association Conference, 2019 - Deadline for submission is January 10, 2019. hopefully i did not send to the entire3 list if so my sincere apologies Lois ----- Message from 

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Call for proposals >>
Multiliteracy, Multilingualism, Multimodality,
Multidisciplinarity, and Multiversity

The Canadian Writing Centres Association/L’Association canadienne des centres de rédaction welcomes proposals on any writing-centre-related subject, but particularly invites proposals that explore how Writing Centres navigate, respond to, and negotiate the “multiverse” we all inhabit—in our spaces, our practices, and our research.

How, for example, do any of these multis and their intersections inform, enrich, and/or limit our work in the context of our own institutions? How do they intersect or overlap with practical, political, and/or personal concerns around training, pedagogy, administration, decolonization, or wellness? How do we as 

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Inkshed and Canadian Writing Centres

Margaret Procter retired in 2012 as University of Toronto Coordinator, Writing Support since 1994.

How does a country invent a new discipline? The answer for Canada would have to involve the organization commonly called Inkshed (otherwise the Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning). It brought university teachers together in person and online from 1982 to 2015 to discuss how students learn to use texts, write with their own voices, and interact to develop ideas. In the process, Inkshed gave Canadian writing-centre faculty a way to think about their particular kind of 

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http://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/

The old Inkshed site has become a shoe store (!), but memories survive.
The blog piece that Brian Hotson asked me to write for the WLN Journal
site may remind you of past experiences, or introduce you to an
institution that was once central to Canadian writing studies.

I hope it will also lead people to the collection of newsletters and
other files at https://casdw-acr.ca/resources/casllinkshed-archives/ and
the archive of email exchanges at
https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L. 

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CFP || CWCA/ACCR conference — The Writing Centre Multiverse: Vancouver May 30-31, 2019

Deadline for submissions is January 10, 2019.
This deadline is final and will not be extended!

Submission Details

CWCA is a national affiliate of the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA), and this year we are using their submission and review portal. 

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Dear CASLL members,
Longtime CASLL member and dear friend and mentor to many of us, Andrea Lunsford,
asked me to help get the word out about rhetorician and Ohio State alumnus (where lots of us Canadians went for grad studies), Cheryl Glenn. Cheryl’s husband, Jon Olson,
requires serious medical help, which the insurance company has been denying. Some of you may know Cheryl whom I had the pleasure of studying with at the Rhetoric Society Of America’s Summer Institute over a decade ago. Cheryl is not only an exceptional scholar but an extraordinary person. 

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FOR MY SAFETY' SAKE.

MC LOIS PROVOST

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Am hoping this doesn't go to the entire list until you've read it and
decided whether and how anything can be negotiated that will allow me
to work with your 3 entities with differentiated consensus if need be
and to be a representative or spokes person here in NYC as a possible
way of 'redemption'. 

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It appears that there are still 200+ people on the CASLL-L list, even though for all practical purposes it's been rendered inactive. This email is directed to those who still have some interest in keeping the Inkshed legacy alive. I'd thought about trying to weed out the list, so as not to annoy those who don't, but I didn't want to make the judgments myself. Who knows who might care, and who might not? If this isn't of any interest to you, stop reading here: I haven't had time to write a short explanation. 

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The CASDW 2019 Conference will be at UBC in Vancouver, BC Sat June 1 - Mon June 3. The call will go out later this fall.

Best,
Andrea

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 3, 2018, at 10:12 PM, Doug Brent <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Hi Katja,

Where is the 2019 conference to be held?

Thanks!

Doug

Dr. Doug Brent, Professor Emeritus
Department of Communication, Media and Film
University of Calgary 

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UBC Vancouver's Coordinated Arts Program (CAP) will be hiring a tenure-track Instructor, with specialization in academic writing and literary studies, to teach ASTU (Arts Studies). Please circulate widely in your networks.

Best,
Katja

Coordinated Arts Program (Instructor, tenure-track)

17 Sep, 2018

The Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, invites applications for a tenure-track position, to begin July 1, 2019, with appointment at the rank of Instructor (in UBC’s Educational Leadership stream; see: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/programs/all-our-programs/teaching-and-educational-leadership/). The successful candidate will have primary responsibilities in the Coordinated Arts Program (CAP), teaching Arts Studies (ASTU) 100 and 101, and will be 

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Please circulate widely on your listservs and in your networks.
Please consider submitting your work to this CFP.
Please encourage others who have experiences and ideas in response to these questions to write for CJSDW.

All the best,
Katja Thieme

Special Section CFP: Writing Instructors, Academic Labour, and Professional Development

As increasing emphasis is placed by post-secondary institutions and employers on the importance of writing skills, this special section considers the gap between what writing instructors need to be effective and the supports currently in place, particularly in light of the disciplinary tensions between English departments and writing studies, the 

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Dear colleagues,
UBC’s Vantage College—where Jackie Rea and I teach—has seen an increase in number of students accepting the program offer this year, and is looking for a sessional instructor to cover the necessary additional writing studies courses. Please circulate!
Best,
Katja

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UBC Vantage College invites applications for one or more Sessional Lecturer positions in Winter term 1 (September-December 2018) and Winter term 2 (January-April 2019). Candidates could teach one or both of the following courses in the Vantage One Arts program: 

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Dear CASLL adherents:

CASLL no longer exists as an organization, but its contribution to
Canadian writing studies lives on. All 110+ issues of the Inkshed
Newsletter from 1982 to 2015 are now online in space generously provided
by CASDW, along with a selection of other Inkshed material.

Go to casdw-acr.ca/resources/casllinkshed-archives/
<https://casdw-acr.ca/resources/casllinkshed-archives/> to see what's
available -- and give yourself some time to get caught up by the lively
discussions and cogent insights in the newsletters and reports, not to
mention the amusing photos from past conferences. You'll also find the
April 2017 announcement of the end of Inkshed, along with 

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I've just had my memory challenged -- I'm participating tomorrow in a sort of nostalgic reminiscence about the early days of IT at St. Thomas and UNB. As a way of pinning down some dates I went back looking for early Inkshed newsletters -- and realized they've been lost to link rot. As I poked around the Inkshed.ca Web site, I realized that, since last spring the surviving Shedders agreed that it was over, the Web site and its ancillary documents (mainly the issues of the newsletter and the archive of CASLL and CASLL-L) need to be converted into an 

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Dear colleagues,

We have 3 new lecturer positions available in Arts Studies in Research and Writing at UBC, Vancouver. The positions focus on teaching research writing to undergraduate students in Faculty of Arts programs, i.e. research writing in social sciences, humanities, and performing arts. Please encourage possible candidates to apply!

All the best,
Katja

UBC-VANCOUVER JOB POSTING THAT INCLUDES TEACHING IN WRITING AND DISCOURSE STUDIES

Please circulate.

Please circulate widely!

Sent: June-24-17 9:15 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Fall 2017 sessional teaching in First-Year Programs at UBC

First-year Programs in Arts at UBC is hiring sessional instructors to teach sections of WRDS 150 (the first-year academic writing course) and ASTU 101 (a first-year academic writing course for students in the Coordinated Arts Program). Deadline JULY 10. The advertisement is on the Academic Postings page of the Arts website at: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/about-arts/academic-postings/ and attached here!
Please share widely! We encourage applications from PhDs from a range of disciplines in Arts! 

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Dear colleagues,

I'm attaching a sessional posting for first-year courses in a cohort program for international students (Vantage College):
ASTU 204A: Topics in Interdisciplinary Arts Studies (Inquiry and Evidence in the Humanities) and
WRDS 150: Research and Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Deadline for applications is July 5.

Please circulate!

All the best,
Katja

Please share and apply!

Lecturer in Rhetoric and Technical Communication

The Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a three-year definite-term appointment starting August 1, 2017 at the rank of Lecturer in Rhetoric and Technical Communication.

The successful candidate may be considered for reappointment at the completion of the contract.
Applicants must have a completed PhD and a substantial record of teaching by the time of appointment. The successful candidate will teach a writing- and speaking-intensive engineering communication course for first-year engineering students; thus, evidence of experience teaching 

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Today Inkshed Publications made a pdf version of Jaqueline McLeod-Rogers'
1994 book, *Two Sides to a Story: Gender Difference in Student Narrative,*
available here:

http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/inkshed-publications/books/

In her new introduction to that work, McLeod-Rogers reflects on the changes
in studies of difference since 1994 and how her work can inform current
studies of gender, genre, and method. As a reflective essay, it is worth a
read and I hope you'll give it a few minutes of your time. 

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https://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/staff.php Job ID: 26155 Location: Vancouver - Point Grey Campus Employment Group: Management&Professional (AAPS) Job Category: Educational Programming Classification Title: Educ. Programming, Level C Business Title: Program Manager VP/Faculty: VP Academic & Provost Department: Library - Irving K.Barber Salary Range: $68,283.00 (minimum) - $81,972.00 (midpoint) - $98,370.00 (maximum) Full/Part Time: Full-Time Desired Start Date: 2017/06/01 Closing Date: 2017/04/19 JOB SUMMARY The Centre for Writing & Scholarly Communication (CWSC) is a program administered through the Library's Chapman Learning Commons which, via the services of student writing consultants (student workers), provides writing support for undergraduate, graduate, and faculty education programs. Working with 

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Hi, all.

(I’m sending this message to both the CASLL and CASDW lists, in the hope of reaching all former Inkshedders. Apologies for duplications!)

The announcement Roger Graves recently sent out re the latest book from Inkshed Publications makes this a timely message . . .

This is the second year in a row without an Inkshed conference. None of our efforts to reboot and reinvigorate the conference in the years 2012 through 2015, though sometimes moderately successful as one-off meetings, have generated the collective commitment needed to truly revive Inkshed and keep it going. Taking stock of this situation, 

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We're thrilled to report that *Cross-Border Networks in Writing Studies*
has just been published! Ordering details are below. For this volume,
Inkshed Publications partnered with Parlour Press to publish this
cross-border study.

*Cross-Border Networks in Writing Studies*. Derek Mueller, Andrea Williams,
Louise Wetherby Phelps, and Jennifer Clary-Lemon. 2017. Published in
association with Parlour Press. Available from ParlorPress.com and
Amazon.ca in March 2017. Available through Amazon.com
<https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Border-Networks-Writing-Studies-Inkshed/dp/1602359229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488838156&sr=8-1&keywords=cross+border+networks+in+writing+studies>
, Parlour Press <http://www.parlorpress.com/>, or by emailing Roger Graves
(if you are in Canada and want to avoid duty costs) 

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(Apologies for cross-posting)

Dear Colleagues,
We've extended to Fri. Feb 17 the deadline for the CASDW (Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse & Writing) conference at Ryerson University in Toronto (May 27-29) so please consider submitting a proposal if you haven't already done so. See below and the attached version for details and a French translation.
Thanks,
Andrea 

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Hi Andrea,

I am attaching a proposal from me and Colleen Derkatch for CASDW 2017. Please let me know if you require anything further!

Thanks, Philippa

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Dear colleagues,

The Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto is currently searching for two faculty appointments: one in Writing Instruction, the other in English Language Learning.

Details regarding these opportunities are available online through the University’s Career Page<https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en>, or see the links below for each posting. 

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Apologies for cross-posting

Academic unit: Linguistics and Language Studies
Category of appointment: Preliminary
Field of specialization: Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Rank/Position title: Assistant Professor
Start date: July 1, 2017<x-apple-data-detectors://0>
Closing date for applications: February 20, 2017<x-apple-data-detectors://1>

About the position:
Carleton University's School of Linguistics and Language Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2017<x-apple-data-detectors://2>. 

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FYI

It is with much happiness (and some relief) that I announce this position for a full time, tenure track Multilingual Learning Specialist at Emily Carr University of Art & Design in beautiful (and uncharacteristically snowy) Vancouver, British Columbia: http://www.ecuad.ca/about/working-at-emily-carr/multilingual-learning-specialist.<http://www.ecuad.ca/about/working-at-emily-carr/about-our-opportunities>. Please share widely.

Emily Carr is a small university (approx. 2000 FTEs) with a very culturally and linguistically diverse student population: students work towards undergraduate and Masters degrees in art, design and media. 

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The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric (CSSR / SCÉR) invites
scholars and students to submit proposals for presentations in English
or French.

Our next annual conference will be held at the Canadian Federation of
Social Sciences and Humanities’ *Congress 2017* (www.congress2017.ca
<http://www.congress2017.ca>) at *Ryerson University, Toronto, ON,
Canada, May 30 – June 1, 2017*. 

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Please consider submitting a proposal for next May's CASDW conference to be held at Ryerson University in Toronto (May 27-29). Additional details and a French translation are attached.

The Ninth Annual Conference of
the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW / ACR)
The Presence of Writing:
Making a Place for the Study of Writing and Discourse
Keynote: Professor Rebecca Moore Howard, "Teaching Rhetorical Ethics in a Post-Truth Economy"
Ryerson University - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saturday, May 27 to Monday, May 29, 2017
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite papers on all aspects of writing studies for the 

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If you know of writing people with strong Psychology backgrounds, please
draw their attention to this position:

The Department of Psychology at York University
(http://psyc.info.yorku.ca) invites applications for a full-time alternate
stream (teaching-focused) tenure track position at the Assistant Lecturer
rank in Critical Thinking, Writing, and Communication to commence July 1,
2017. Core responsibilities will include teaching and overseeing newly
developed courses including Writing in Psychology (introductory level) and
Critical Thinking in Psychology (upper-level). 

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(With apologies if you see this more than once) I am delighted to announce that Mount Saint Vincent University is going to replace my position (I retire in a month, but the start date is July 1st) so that the Writing Studies programme at the Mount will continue. The posting is attached. Please, please disseminate it to everyone/everylist so that we can have good candidates! Best wishes to all Susan Drain Susan Drain, PhD On Sabbatical 2016 www.Percyswar.wordpress.com English and Writing Studies Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax, NS B3M 2J6 [log in to unmask]
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Dear Colleagues,

I am happy to announce that the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre at the University of Toronto Mississauga is hiring a Writing Specialist. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream and will begin July 1, 2017.

Applications are due November 30, 2016.

Full details are in the attached document or available online here: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1601323 

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Dear Colleagues,

The Writing & Learning Centre (WLC) at OCAD University (OCAD U) in Toronto, Canada currently has a vacancy for a Writing Across the Curriculum Specialist. This is a permanent, full time position within our Centre and represents an exciting opportunity to play a lead role in implementing OCAD U’s undergraduate Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Initiative. OCAD U is Canada’s largest specialized university of art, media and design and the WAC Initiative is one of the first comprehensive WAC programs at an art and design institution. 

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https://www.uvic.ca/opportunities/home/faculty/current/ENBL%20250-046.php
Assistant Teaching Professor (Academic Writing)
English - Faculty of Humanities
RTR 250-046

The Department of English seeks to appoint an Assistant Teaching Professor in academic writing. The appointment will be effective 1 September 2016, or as soon as possible after that date.

The successful applicant will join an exciting, collegial department with an outstanding record in both teaching and research, and a University community that strongly supports training in writing across disciplines. 

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Hello Colleagues,

Please share this job posting with qualified candidates. It is a different position from the one posted by the University of Waterloo's Dept. of English Language and Literature in April this year. Renison University College is affiliated with the University of Waterloo, so the courses are Waterloo's.

https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/employment-opportunities

Thanks very much! 

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Dear colleagues,

(Apologies for cross-posting).

The Writing & Learning Centre at OCAD University in Toronto is hiring a ELL writing consultant for July 2016 – April 2017. The position details can be found here: http://trr.tbe.taleo.net/trr01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=OCADU&cws=1&rid=881. If the link does not work, I have also included the posting as an attachment. Applicants with experience working with ELLs at a post-secondary level as well as those with TESL certification are encouraged to apply. 

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Dear CASLL colleagues,

Sessional teaching available in the fall/winter terms in my unit, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, at UBC Vancouver. Please feel free to forward to relevant candidates and forums.

All the best,
Katja

Hello everybody,

I just wanted to let you know that *Kindle edition* of /Genre Studies
around the Globe: Beyond the Three Traditions/ (Inkshed Publ.) is now
available at amazon.ca ($5.99 CDN) and amazon.com ($3.99 USD).

Please excuse cross-postings.

I hope many of you will be able to contribute to the Special Issue on
Transnationalism:

http://joglep.com/index.php/special-issue-multimodality/special-issue-translingualism/
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__joglep.com_index.php_special-2Dissue-2Dmultimodality_special-2Dissue-2Dtranslingualism_&d=AwMCAw&c=SgMrq23dbjbGX6e0ZsSHgEZX6A4IAf1SO3AJ2bNrHlk&r=KJFJ7VSScTFkA21BUKG-npQhqqEVBf-HHKl9ZOSCWRirg7QWQPIDoZm7u3w4QP6C&m=dKkvvf_BwUzA_I5TaBWouP7coJIdJOGYw6uL2plBLws&s=X6m6923Rr38XC7WpKTS5voEpFCxSIrXzJEJMBWeYEZk&e=>
Dr. Julia E. Kiernan

Assistant Professor
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
232 Bessey Hall
434 Farm Lane
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

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If any of Tosh's former colleagues are attending the Cs in Texas and would like to see Tosh, please get in touch with David Russell [log in to unmask]

Tosh used to be a very active member of this group--some of you may remember him fondly.

Janice Freeman

UBC Vantage College and ASRW invite applications for a 12-Month Lecturer position in writing and discourse studies in 2016/17. Please distribute this notice widely, as appropriate. The ad is posted on the Academic Postings page of the Arts website (text of ad included below) at: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/about-arts/academic-postings/ and it is also available on the Vantage College website at: http://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/careers. 

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Inkshed Publications announces our latest book:

*Genre Studies around the Globe: Beyond the Three Traditions*
Eds. N. Artemeva and A. Freedman

*Genre Studies around the Globe: Beyond the Three Traditions* exemplifies
rich and vibrant international scholarship in the area of non-literary
genre studies in the early 21st century. Based on the “Genre 2012”
conference held in Ottawa, Canada, the volume brings under one cover the
three Anglophone traditions (English for Specific Purposes, the Sydney
School, Rhetorical Genre Studies) and the approaches to genre studies
developed in other national, linguistic, and cultural contexts (Brazilian,
Chilean, and European). The volume contributors investigate 

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View this email in your browser<http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d6f24b6de79bba12e042b46b4&id=706ecfba23&e=9879ede36f>

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2nd Annual
Academic Writing and English Language Learners conference
April 29-30 | Saint Mary's University | Halifax, NS

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ELL Writing Pedagogy and Practice for Global Citizenship

April 29-30, 2016 | Saint Mary’s University | Halifax, Nova Scotia

Call for paper  | Topics related to Academic Writing & English Language Learners welcome. Successful submissions will include immediate and practical applications with pedagogical and theoretical foundations that conference attendees can use within their academic communities. Sessions will be in a 30-min paper and 1-hour workshop format. Please indicate preference 

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The Call for Proposals for the Canadian Writing Centres Association 2016
conference (Calgary, Alberta, May 26 and 27, 2016) has been posted on a
handsome new conference website at
energizingwritingcentrecommunities.com/call-for-proposals/
<http://energizingwritingcentrecommunities.com/call-for-proposals/>. The
deadline for submission is *January 10, 2016*. Travel funding for a
limited number of presenters will be available. More information will be
added to the website this winter and spring. 

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Please circulate widely in your networks.

Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for cross-posting!

The University of Toronto is hiring a new Director for the Health Sciences Writing Centre to start July 1, 2016. This is a faculty position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor, Teaching Stream. Full description and application details can be found at https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1501713

Please note that the application deadline is February 1, 2016. 

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There's an interesting article in University Affairs on the HEQCO report on writing assignments by Jordana Garbati, Kelly McDonald, Lindsay Meaning, Boba Samuels, and Cory Scurr:

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/study-finds-a-lack-of-structure-and-cohesion-in-how-writing-is-taught-at-university/?c=1#comments

Best,
Andrea

Andrea L. Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Writing Instruction, Teaching Stream, Faculty of Arts & Science
University of Toronto
15 King's College Circle, Room F206
Toronto, ON
CANADA
M5S 3H7

My latest tweet: [Twitter]
http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/wit
Tel: +1 416-978-8150
Email: [log in to unmask] 

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Please distribute the following posting.

https://uwaterloo.ca/my-career/temporary-opportunities-and-secondments-0#teach8

Teaching Associate (Digital Communications Specialist) - Writing Centre - USG 8

1-year contract

The Writing Centre Teaching Associate (Digital Communications Specialist) provides writing and communications support to individual students, as well as classroom support to students and instructors as required. The Teaching Associate helps undergraduate and graduate students develop their writing and multi-modal communication skills. This position has a key focus on the areas of digital writing and communications, including digital literacy, multimedia design, visual rhetoric, and communicating in online contexts. Because the Teaching Associate (Digital Communications Specialist) sees a variety of work, including 

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Dear Colleagues,

Please forward widely.

The Writing & Learning Centre (WLC) at OCAD University (OCAD U) in Toronto, Canada currently has a vacancy for a Writing in the Disciplines (WID) Specialist. This is a new permanent, full time position within our Centre and represents an exciting opportunity to play a lead role in implementing OCAD U’s undergraduate Writing Across the Curriculum Initiative. OCAD U is Canada’s largest specialized University of art, media and design and the WAC Initiative is one of the first comprehensive WAC programs at an art and design institution. 

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*Call for Papers for an edited collection: The Rhetoric and Discourse of
Oil*

Recent years have seen the rise of the “Energy Humanities,” which consider
cultures in terms of the energy sources that make them possible, energy
sources that tend to be invisible to those inhabiting a given culture. In *Oil
Culture*, for example, Ross Barrett and Daniel Worden argue that in
contemporary North America oil is largely secreted out of sight but, at the
same time, “the oil industry is as ubiquitous and necessary to contemporary
life as money” (xix). Or, as Ruth Salvaggio puts it in her essay 

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Dear CASLL,

I would like to extend my appreciation to the many who have responded to this survey; I am pleased with the response rate, as well as the range and scope of responses. I am enjoying the analysis, and eager to share findings. In the meantime, a recent request to respond to the survey has prompted me to re-open it and announce a "last call." The final deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 23. You will find the letter of information and link to the survey below. 

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Chers abonné-e-s au Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning (CASLL), à l’Association canadienne de rédactologie (ACR), à la Société canadienne pour l’étude de la rhétorique (SCÉR), et à l’Association canadienne des centres de rédaction (ACCR),

 

Je vous invite à participer à un sondage national des particuliers impliqués de près ou de loin dans les études en rédaction (*writing studies*) au Canada. Ce projet s’effectue dans le cadre de mes études de 3ème cycle. Ma recherche, intitulée *Études en rédaction au Canada : une histoire populaire* (*Writing Studies in Canada: A People’s History*), a pour but de définir 

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Dear CASLL subscribers,

I hope fall semester finds you well. I am grateful to those of you who have completed the National Survey of Writing Studies Professionals. For those interested in responding who have not yet had a chance to do so, I offer a friendly reminder that the deadline is tomorrow.

Below you will find the letter of information, followed by a link to the survey. 

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Dear Inkshedders,

Apologies for cross-posting.

Please circulate the job posting below far and wide and encourage promising colleagues/students to apply.

http://lled-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/08/ECL-Assistant-Professorship.pdf

Thanks!

Anthony

Anthony Paré, PhD
Professor and Head
Department of Language and Literacy Education
Faculty of Education
University of British Columbia
2151 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z2
Phone: 604-822-9247, Fax: 604-822-3154
Web: http://lled.educ.ubc.ca

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Dear CASLL colleagues,

I would like to thank those of you who have already completed the national survey of writing studies professionals that I posted a couple of weeks ago. I am reposting the invitation in the hopes that a few more people might be able to participate before the deadline of Sept. 14, 2015. You will find the letter of information and link to the survey below. 

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Chers abonné-e-s au Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning (CASLL), à l’Association canadienne de rédactologie (ACR), à la Société canadienne pour l’étude de la rhétorique (SCÉR) et à l’Association canadienne des centres de rédaction (ACCR),

 

Je vous invite à participer à un sondage national des particuliers impliqués de près ou de loin dans les études en rédaction (*writing studies*) au Canada. Ce projet s’effectue dans le cadre de mes études de 3ème cycle. Ma recherche, intitulée *Études en rédaction au Canada : une histoire populaire* (*Writing Studies in Canada: A People’s History*), a pour but de définir 

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Dear subscribers to the list-servs of CASLL, CASDW, CSSR, and CWCA,

 

I invite your participation in a national survey of members of the field of writing studies in Canada. This study is doctoral research. My research, entitled *Writing Studies in Canada: A People’s History*, aims to define writing studies as a field in Canada as understood by the people who work in it. This survey is informed by aspects of my experience as a student and a professional in this field. 

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Dear colleagues,

The Writing & Learning Centre at OCAD University in Toronto is hiring a part-time ELL writing consultant for Sept 2015 – April 2016. The position details can be found here: http://bc.tbe.taleo.net/BC5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=OCADU&cws=1&rid=712. If the link does not work, I have also included the posting as an attachment. Please note, the deadline for applications is August 20th. 

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Please distribute.

Teaching Associate - Writing Centre - USG 8
1-year contract (maternity leave); Start date: August 31, 2015

The Writing Centre Teaching Associate provides writing and communications support to individual students, as well as classroom support to students and instructors as required. The Teaching Associate helps undergraduate and graduate students develop their writing and multi-modal communication skills. Because the Teaching Associate sees a variety of work, including discipline-specific assignments, papers, reports, résumés, proposals, presentations, and technically and theoretically complex dissertations, this person must be knowledgeable about a range of genres and disciplinary conventions. They must be able to respond 

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I am out of the office until 06/30/2015.

I will only rarely check email

Note: This is an automated response to your message "CASLL Minutes now
posted" sent on 6/17/2015 10:52:35 AM.

This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.
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The minutes for the latest AGM of CASLL have been posted--with
pictures!--on the Inkshed blog:

http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/2015/06/2015-agm-minutes/

The key agenda item is next year's conference: should there be one; if so,
where should we hold it; and when should we hold it.

Best,

Roger Graves

FYI--apologies for cross-postings.

Brock

Specialist in Professional/Technical Writing and Digital Rhetorics/Humanities

The Department of English at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, invites applications for a 10-month term position in professional/technical communication, digital rhetorics/humanities, and writing in the disciplines. The position is subject to budgetary approval.
Studies in writing, communication, and rhetoric is a growing area at UPEI, providing intellectual, pedagogical, and administrative leadership in writing and rhetoric in/across the curriculum (WID/WAC). This position requires teaching and leadership in professional/technical writing and digital rhetoric/new media. Writing faculty also contribute to teaching courses in first-year writing, with opportunities to teach 

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Dear Terry,
Thank you very much for your talk today at Inkshed 2015 on your path to publishing, which was both entertaining and insightful! You're not only a talented writer, but also a gifted speaker. It was especially interesting to hear about your methodical and refreshingly angst-free approach to writing, which has obviously served you well. Congratulations on winning your second Leacock Award and we look forward to reading your forthcoming novel when it comes out in October. 

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If you are planning to come to the Inkshed conference--more information here
<http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/conferences/inkshed-31-call-for-proposals-due-may-4/>--please
go to the link below to register. We're trying to finalize numbers for food
and drink, including a continental breakfast and afternoon social hour at
the pub below.

*To register for the conference, go to*
https://media6.magma.ca/www.leverus.com/casdw/
<https://media6.magma.ca/www.leverus.com/casdw/>
Registration ($100 regular/$50 student) includes all food.
*No**te*: You can also pay your Inkshed membership dues on this site. 

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I'm drafting a piece which I plan to be working on for (and at)
the Inkshed conference in Ottawa at the end of the month. It's
about why students don't understand citation, documentation and
acknowledgement. I want to begin with a quick survey of a couple
of standard handbooks about such matters for writing classes. 

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Dear Inkshedders / CASLLrs:

The Inkshed Newsletter for May 2015 is now available for your
pre-conference reading at
http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/may-2015-newsletter/.

* Doug Brent writes about his conversion to using online inkshedding
as a key part of his courses. He invites comments on his piece as a
way to apply the practice among colleagues. (Look for the Leave a
Reply box at the end of the piece.)
* Nancy Bray reviews a recent and distinctive Canadian writing
textbook, based on classroom practices used at the University of
Toronto Mississauga. Some of those will remind you of inkshedding
too. Comments also welcome: have 

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As part of the Inkshed 2015 conference, I would like to issue a broad call
for volunteers to contribute (words, comments, ideas, support of all kinds)
to the following document:

*Draft Position Statement on Writing Centres*

This document will be a statement we would like to bring to the academic
writing-related associations in Canada (CWCA, CASLL/Inkshed, CASDW, ACWCA,
CAWS, WSSO) for input and, eventually, approval. I hope that this will be a
concise statement of principles that we all, more or less, agree on. It is
my experience that some kind of authoritative statement would be useful in
administrative decision-making. 

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May 5, 2015
*1**5/16-RFP-022: Multiple Research Projects*
​During the 2014-15 academic year, HEQCO launched and completed five
similar research projects on the topics of underrepresented groups,
international students and writing requirements at Ontario PSE
institutions. During the 2015-16 academic year, HEQCO intends to build on
that success by launching another series of research projects which will be
undertaken at postsecondary institutions. A faculty lead will be
contracted, through their postsecondary institution, as primary
investigator. Priority will be given to projects that engage one or more
qualified students in the research and in the writing of a final
publishable report. 

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Please see the attached call for proposals for Inkshed 2015, which will be in Ottawa on May 28th. Terry Fallis, Writing Instructor and 2015 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour finalist, will be our featured speaker and will talk about his own writing journey, "An Unorthodox Journey to the Published Land." 

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Apologies for Cross Postings

Dear Members,

We are sending out a call for submissions for the annual CASDW Dissertation award. The submission deadline is April 30, 2015.

Our committee has been privileged to read some very fine dissertations the past few years and we are looking forward to receiving new nominations from within our diverse and interesting field. 

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https://www.change.org/p/deborah-maclatchy-david-mcmurray-gail-forsyth-reverse-the-decision-that-occurred-on-march-9th-2015-to-name-boba-samuels-and-21-others-redundant-and-bring-the-employees-back-to-work-immediately-we-also-request-that-a-formal-apology-be-written-for-the-?just_created=true#petition-letter

The CWCA list has just posted news that supporters at WLU have set up
this petition to reinstate Boba Samuels to the Writing Centre. Signing
it would show concern from outside the university. And if you're writing
an individual letter to WLU, the petition also provides names of
relevant administrators.
-- Margaret Procter, U of T (retired) 

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I’d like to mention a few events at 4Cs for anyone on this listserv who
might be going.

I helped to start a new focus at 4Cs on cross-generational relationships
and activities. I co-chair a Task Force on Cross-Generational Activities
with Christine Tulley, and we will be running a pre-convention Wed. morning
cross-generational workshop called “Opportunity, Reflection, and Tactical
Foresight: Mapping the Full Spa of Your Career from Graduate School to
Post-Retirement.” If anyone is interested, there is still plenty of room. I
am excited by this opportunity for people to think about their careers in
terms of something other 

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Dear Colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting):

A newly formed group called the Consortium on Graduate Communication is
having its inaugural Colloquium in Toronto on March 25 from 1:00 - 7:00.
The event is designed for those with an interest in teaching academic
writing/speaking to graduate students. John Swales and Christine Feak
will be the key note speakers, and talks will also be given by the
Consortium's founders, Nigel Caplan and Michelle Cox, and by the local
organizer, Jane Freeman. There will be three roundtable discussions,
with topics chosen based on the interests expressed through the
registration process. 

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Dear CASLLers,

I am looking for a potential PhD student (to start the program in Fall 2015 or Fall 2016) who would have a solid background in genre theories, preferably, Swalesian AND RGS, and be familiar with qualitative discourse analysis methods (thematic coding, constructivist grounded theory, etc). Native or native-like proficiency in English is required. Familiarity with corpus linguistics and native-like proficiency in French and/or Russian will be considered important assets. 

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Hi all,

I am planning to make an informal presentation to a local writing conference here in Virginia on using Inkshedding in the classroom. I know that some dedicated Inkshedders have made this switch from a conference tool to a classroom tool, and I'd really appreciate it if you could share your stories of what you did with it. Specifically, I'd be interested in hearing: 

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Dear Inkshedders,

The latest Inkshed Newsletter is now available at
http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/january-2015-newsletter/. You can
learn about the benefits of group writing retreats for faculty members,
read a review of Pinker's stimulating new book on style, and hear about
the third Canadian writing program to win a CCCC Certificate of Excellence.

Encouraging, inspiring, and celebrating -- that's Inkshed for January 2015! 

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Hello everyone,

Please take a look at (and circulate) the attached CFP.

Suzanne Blum Malley, Alanna Frost, and I are working on a new edited
collection that aims to examine translingual and translocal teaching
practices globally. More information about the scope of the collection,
chapter length, and timeline can be found in the CFP below. Proposals for
potential chapters are due on February 15, 2015. 

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/Apologies for cross-posting/
Dear colleagues,

I just wanted to tell you about Clear, Precise, Direct: Strategies for
Writing, a new Oxford University Press textbook for introductory writing
classes. I've co-authored this book with Dr. Guy Allen to show a different
approach to teaching writing, one rooted in personal narrative and
applicable to business, journalistic, and academic writing. 

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Hello everyone! Apologies for cross-posting!
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving ---- with good food, good friends, and weather good enough that you got to go for at least one walk to see the fall colours! We on the CWCA Executive have been busy planning for a spectacular conference for next May 29th in Ottawa, our beautiful capital city. Please see the attached call for papers for that conference, and give a little bit of thought to what you might present as you finish off the leftover turkey!
Theresa Hyland on behalf of the CWCA Executive

Hi, everyone,

Our program in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies here in Carleton's School of Linguistics and Language Studies has founded a new journal, The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies. JALDS welcomes submissions for our three types of publications: peer-reviewed articles, working papers, and book reviews. More information about the journal is provided below. If you have any questions about the journal, please let me know.
Graham

Apologies for cross-posting

>
> *Clarifying the Relationship between L2 Writing and Translingual
> Writing:**
> **An Open Letter to Writing Studies Editors and Organization Leaders*
> Dwight Atkinson, University of Arizona Deborah Crusan, Wright State
> University Paul Kei Matsuda,
> Arizona State University
> Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, University of New Hampshire Todd Ruecker,
> University of New Mexico
> Steve Simpson, New Mexico Tech Christine Tardy, University of Arizona 

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I guess "redirect" doesn't redirect attachments. Here it is.

-- Russ

This request just came in to the CASLL-L request address. I
don't know who would be in a position to grant permission --
other than Theresa, for the second piece, and I can't imagine
why they haven't contacted her directly. She's not hard to
find. Or why Penguin's going to India for permissions
outsourcing: maybe it's just a phishing expedition? 

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Hello all,

I hope this finds you well. Apologies for cross-posting.

The planning committee of AWELL 2014 has released the AWELL conference schedule for 2014<http://www.smu.ca/webfiles/AWELLconferencesked_asofSept6.pdf> (attached). AWELL is designed for faculty, instructors, and writing centre professionals who teach and tutor ELL students. The goal of the conference is to provide tools and approaches that may be used directly in the classroom and tutoring sessions. It is also hoped to provide a forum for discussion and the exchanges of ideas between instructors, administrators, and tutors of ELLs 

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In his treatise "What is Inkshedding," Russ Hunt traces the origins of the
term "inkshed," noting that his favorite use of the term is Carlyle's: "With
no bloodshed . . . but with immense beershed and inkshed." (
http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/whatshed.htm)

Partially inspired by this turn of phrase, we have selected as the location
for Inkshed 31 The *Mill Street Brew Pub*, 555 Wellington St. Ottawa (
http://ottawa.millstreetbrewpub.ca/). Located on the banks of the Ottawa
River, a 15 minute walk from the Parliament buildings in downtown Ottawa,
the Mill Street Brew Pub is rated as #98 of 2158 restaurants in Ottawa (
 

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http://anniemurphypaul.com/2014/08/lose-your-anxiety-about-learning-by-working-with-a-computer/#

Dear Inkshedders:

It's almost the season to say welcome back to Fall term. There are times
when I'm very glad I'm retired. This blog post was mentioned in the New
York Times, meaning that it might get picked up elsewhere. I hope you
don't get it thrown at you without warning.

It turns up an old argument by summarizing a recent article in the
International Journal of English Education claiming that students revise
more in response to comments made by a "robo-reader" than to instructor
(TA?) comments. No examples or data are offered, only instructor
testimonials. 

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Of course, you know I was only twelve when I attended this conference! I have a folder of notes, including the following (partial) sketch of Anthony Adams: “He looks a bit like a harassed grocer, with an atmosphere rather redolent of stuffy warmth, slight oiliness, and a tinge of spiciness. The image is mostly physical – a round belly, wrapped in a vest, with maroon suspenders showing at his shoulders, and sleeves held up with sleeve bands.” 

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Hi—for a research project I am doing, I've been trying to find a copy of
the program for the 1979 Ottawa Conference at Carleton, Learning to Write.
So far, no luck, so I would like to know if any of you old hands have a
copy.

Thanks,

Louise Phelps

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I came across a Twitter posting just now with a link to an article on the
NYTimes called "The End of Genius":
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-genius.html?_r=0

The call for dialogic thinking is nothing new for Inkshedders, of course,
but it served as a nice summary of the thinking that initially inspired the
Inkshed conference. And that inspired me to communicate with the rest of
this list about next year's conference. 

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Dear Inkshedders and friends:

The seventh Inkshed newsletter is now available at
http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/june-2014-newsletter/.

It will give you lots to read and think about, starting with a piece by
Doug Brent about learning from librarians
<http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/june-2014-newsletter/learning-from-librarians-what-writing-studies-can-learn-from-literature-on-information-literacy/>,
and then giving you tastes and reminders of the stimulating Inkshed 30
conference in Waterloo. That includes a WordCloud showing responses to
the plenary talk
<http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/june-2014-newsletter/what-inkshed-30-talked-about/>,
an amusing report by WLU participants on experiments with technology in
their writing centre
<http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/june-2014-newsletter/technology-coming-through-the-wlu-writing-centre/>,
and U of T and Windsor advice and questions about teaching writing in
other people's classrooms
<http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/newsletter/june-2014-newsletter/bespoke-writing-instruction/>.
Theresa Hyland also shares her answer to 

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Hello all and apologies for cross-posting,

Saint Mary’s University and the Atlantic Writing Centres Committee would like to invite you to submit papers and workshops for the Academic Writing & English Language Learners Conference, 2014 — October 3-4, 2014 | Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The theme is Practice in Place and is designed for faculty and writing centre professionals who teach and tutor ELL students. The goal of the conference is to provide tools and approaches that may be used directly in the classroom and tutoring sessions. 

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I have just published the winners of these two awards on the CASDW blog at https://casdwacr.wordpress.com/. If you are not already a follower of this blog, take a look and see what is new and best in the scholarship of rhetoric, writing studies and discourse studies.

Doug

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Dr. Doug Brent
Department of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
Social Sciences 312
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Voice: (403) 220-5458 Fax: (403) 210-8138
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent 

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I am passing this along on behalf of Corey Owen at U Sask,

I'm an assistant professor in the Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. As you may know, a centre for the study of rhetoric and communication was founded here, at our home in the College of Engineering, a few years ago. I'm contacting you because we have an endowed chair open, the D. K. Seaman Chair, which was previously held by Jennifer MacLennan. We are having some trouble finding a suitable candidate, so I thought I'd ask you 

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Hello Inkshedders and friends!

By popular request, we've reorganized Inkshed 30 to make it a convenient one-day event. Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Waterloo. And don't forget our meet-and-greet talent event if you are available the night before!

Best of all, we've worked with St. Paul's University College to make attendance even more affordable: $100 including lunch ($50 for seniors, retirees, and students). If you've registered at the old price, we'll refund you the difference. 

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By popular request, we've reorganized Inkshed 30 to make it a convenient one-day event. Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, May 28, 2014. And don't forget our meet-and-greet talent night if you are available the night before.

Thanks to our colleagues at St. Paul's University College, we've been able to repackage everything to make the day even more affordable: $100, including lunch ($50 for volunteers, retirees, and students). If you've already registered, we'll refund the difference to you when you register on site. 

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